I would urge you all to let West know that atheists and others without “deep faith” are perfectly happy without God… but I don’t think he’s capable of changing his mind no matter what the evidence says.

Paul Thornton, letters editor at the LA Times, lays down the law on science-denial: If you send in a letter about how climate change is a hoax, you're not getting published, because it's not true.

Malcolm Gladwell is "rediscovering" his religious belief, which we suspect was lost somewhere in his hair. I KID! I kid. But seriously, dude.

Uh, if this is true, whoa (though this press release reads a little conspiracy-theory-ish):

American Biblical scholar Joseph Atwill will be appearing before the British public for the first time in London on the 19th of October to present a controversial new discovery: ancient confessions recently uncovered now prove, according to Atwill, that the New Testament was written by first-century Roman aristocrats and that they fabricated the entire story of Jesus Christ.

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Paul Fidalgo has been communications director of the Center for Inquiry since 2012. He holds a master’s degree in political management from George Washington University, and has worked previously for FairVote: The Center for Voting and Democracy and the Secular Coalition for America. Paul is also an actor and musician whose work includes five years performing with the American Shakespeare Center. He lives in Maine with his wife and kids. His blog at the Patheos network is iMortal, and he tweets at @paulfidalgo.